W: Hi, Frank. Are you working through your lunch hour again?
女:嗨,弗兰克,你午饭时间又在工作吗?
M: No, not at all. It's my tenth wedding anniversary next week and I promised Jane that I would book a city break for us as I have annual leave to take.
男:完全没有。下周是我结婚十周年纪念日,我答应了简,趁着有年假,订一趟城市短途旅行。
And it would be nice to celebrate somewhere warm. So I'm trying to book something in Barcelona.
在温暖的地方庆祝会很不错,所以我打算预订巴塞罗那的行程。
W: That sounds so romantic. I adore Barcelona. It's such a fabulous cosmopolitan city.
女:听着太浪漫了。我超喜欢巴塞罗那,这座国际化大都市特别棒。
There's so much to do there: excellent food and that cathedral that they are still building after about 150 years. Very cool.
那里好玩的很多:美食一流,还有一座建了约 150 年至今还在修建的大教堂,特别酷。
M: I know, but the anniversary is looming and I'm still scrambling to find accommodation.
男:我知道,可纪念日马上就到了,我还在着急找住处。
Everything is either wildly expensive or already fully booked. I'm starting to feel a bit frantic.
所有住宿要么贵得离谱,要么已经订满了,我都开始慌了。
W: Well, if you are going for a whole week, why don't you do a couple of nights in somewhere really glamorous and then do the rest of the week a bit further up the coast where the accommodation is cheaper?
女:这样,你要玩整整一周的话,不如前两晚住在繁华漂亮的地段,剩下几天去海岸更远些的地方住,那边住宿更便宜,
And that will offset the cost of the expensive place.
这样就能抵消贵地段的开销。
M: That might be a good plan. It's not too expensive to rent a car, so we could still drive into the city.
男:这主意不错。租车不贵,我们照样可以开车进城。
Yes, there are lots of places outside the city that have pools and are all inclusive, so we wouldn't even need to pay for food or drinks.
城外很多地方带泳池还是全包食宿模式,吃喝都不用额外花钱。
I'll send a query now about the dates we're interested in.
我现在就去咨询我们想要的入住日期。
W: That sounds perfect. I'm sure that Jane will be absolutely thrilled to bits.
女:听起来太棒了,简肯定会欣喜万分。
I really do recommend visiting that cathedral.
我真心建议你去逛逛那座大教堂,
You can go all the way up to the top of it, but you need to go up a really steep spiral staircase to get there.
你还能爬到顶端,不过要爬一段特别陡峭的螺旋楼梯才能上去。
M: Considering Jane is terrified of heights, I think if I tried to make her do that, I would come back divorced.
男:简恐高,要是我非要拉她爬楼梯,回来我俩怕是就要离婚了。
Thanks for the help though. It was turning into a logistical nightmare.
不过谢谢你出主意,这件事之前简直快变成一场安排不完的麻烦事了。
Questions one to four are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题一至四基于你刚刚听到的对话。
Question 1. What is the man planning to do?
男士打算做什么?
Question 2. Why is the man starting to feel a bit frantic?
男士为何开始感到有些慌乱?
Question 3. What does the woman suggest the man do?
女士给男士提了什么建议?
Question 4. What does the man say about his wife Jane?
男士是如何描述他的妻子简的?
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